Japan vs Sweden Key Stats: FIFA World Cup 2026

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• This is the first meeting between the two countries in World Cup history. Japan are unbeaten across their four encounters: a 3-2 win in the round of 16 at the 1936 Men’s Olympic Football Tournament, followed by three draws in friendly matches, the most recent 1-1 in Tokyo in May 2002.
• Japan have lost only two of their last ten FIFA World Cup group stage matches against European opposition (W4 D4) and come into this fixture unbeaten in their last three such games (W2 D1).
• Japan are aiming to reach the knockout rounds for a third consecutive World Cup — and for the fifth time in seven editions — having first achieved the feat as co‑hosts in 2002. Their total of four qualifications is already an AFC record.
• A win or draw would see Japan complete a FIFA World Cup group stage unbeaten for only the second time, the first coming in 2002 when they topped their group with two wins and a draw.
• Japan’s six goals after two matches already marks their highest‑ever group stage tally at a FIFA World Cup and equals their joint‑highest total across all rounds in a single edition — matching their return from 2018.
• Japan have scored two goals or more in seven of their last ten FIFA World Cup matches.
• Daichi Kamada is just the second Japanese player to score in back-to-back FIFA World Cup matches, following Junichi Inamoto’s goals against Belgium and Russia in 2002.
• Sweden are unbeaten in their three previous World Cup matches against AFC representatives with two wins and a draw.
• The defeat against the Netherlands was only Sweden’s second in their last 14 FIFA World Cup group matches (W6 D6).
• Only one of Sweden’s last 32 World Cup matches finished goalless.
• Prior to 2026, Sweden have reached the knockout phase in each of their last four FIFA World Cup campaigns, with the Scandinavians’ last group stage exit having come back in 1990.
• Sweden’s six goals in the 2026 group stage equals their highest tally in a World Cup group campaign, matching the totals they posted in 1994 and in the final‑round group of 1950.